Second volume of the autobiographical narrative of Captain William Owen (1737-1778).
The papers comprise the second volume of Owen's autobiographical narrative, 1761 to 1771.
Administrative / biographical background
William Owen, a lieutenant in 1758, lost an arm at the siege of Pondicherry in 1760. He was on half-pay from 1761 to 1766, when he went to America as Secretary to Lord William Campbell (d.1778). In 1770 he started a venture to aid the settlers on Passamaquoddy, an island in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia; he placed them under his jurisdiction and renamed the island Campo Bello. Owen became a commander in 1777. After serving at the second siege of Pondicherry in 1778, he was killed while on his journey home with despatches.
Administrative / biographical background
William Owen, a lieutenant in 1758, lost an arm at the siege of Pondicherry in 1760. He was on half-pay from 1761 to 1766, when he went to America as Secretary to Lord William Campbell (d.1778). In 1770 he started a venture to aid the settlers on Passamaquoddy, an island in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia; he placed them under his jurisdiction and renamed the island Campo Bello. Owen became a commander in 1777. After serving at the second siege of Pondicherry in 1778, he was killed while on his journey home with despatches.
Record Details
| Item reference: | COO/1; MS1952-061 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | 1761-1771 |
| Creator: | Owen, William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |